Govt wants domestic production so as to save foreign currency.
In about a year, top e-commerce companies are expected to raise as much funds as the three sector leaders raised in about five years.
Anant Gupta, HCL Technologies' chief has an amazing success formula to get things done.
Engineering conglomerate fended off three corporate raids but emerged stronger.
TRAI said that Internet service providers would not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
The NDA government was initially reticent about fleshing out its economic strategy for the future. But now that it has taken enough bold initiatives on the economic front it must have the confidence to tell us more about its approach going forward, says Abheek Barua.
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first trip to New York as leader of the world's most populous democracy, will draw perhaps the largest crowd ever by a foreign leader on US soil when he takes the stage on Sunday in Madison Square Garden before a crowd forecast to total more than 18,000 people.
Oil imports are a third of India's total import bill.
Since allowing FDI in multi-brand retail has been left to the states, Indian companies may not benefit as foreign investors are wary of the politics.
'There is no difference between the earlier government and the present government.' 'They are all following the economic policy based on the Chicago School of thought.' 'This school of thought says the government should have very little role in governing the country and the majority of the work should be handed over to the private sector.' 'This has not succeeded in the US.' 'Yet, it is being tried here by people like Arvind Subramaniam, Arvind Panagariya, Urjit Patel and Raghuram Rajan.'
While three operational mines in Chhattisgarh had a capacity of 12 million tonnes (mt), six were yet to start production.
Life insurance companies are balancing the increasing use of celebrity endorsers by limiting the association to short, event-led campaigns.
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
The fuel reforms are a very important signal of the government's commitment to tough economic reforms.
Not only do you need an effective and independent regulator, you also need competition to flourish.
Former world champions Spain will have to wait to regain their past glory but they need not discard their attractive brand of football that earned them fans and laurels, World Cup-winning defender Joan Capdevila told Reuters in an interview.
The group plans Rs 30,000-cr oil refinery with IOC; buys Lanco's Udupi power plant for Rs 6,000 cr
The stocks Radhakishan Damani enters or exits are closely watched by fund managers, says Joydeep Ghosh.
'No private project will take off at such high interest rates'
Will private firms really boost Make in India in the defence sector? Ajai Shukla seeks answers.
144 companies will pay Rs 61,087 crore in equity dividends to their shareholders for FY16, an increase of 19.2 per cent year-on-year
Bharti Retail launched its first mall, The Pavilion, in Ludhiana.
The trouble is largest FDI projects in India have had a tragic history.
They cited precedents where no picture of Mahatma Gandhi was used on such KVIC material.
The UK has responded to PM Modi's call to 'Make in India' by launching great collaborations in January 2015.
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
'Mr Modi has inherited a system that taxes businessmen and fritters the money away over ministries.'
News media takes a beating from the economy, advertisers and the rupee. To stay afloat, publishers are reacting by folding up businesses and axing staff.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The biggest challenge on policy front is the fight against the perception that a small number of big corporations do cosy deals with the government.
An exercise to rationalise coal linkages which will optimize transport of coal and reduce cost of power is underway.
'Will people who buy iPhones stop buying iPhones to help swadeshi models?' 'There should be some advantage for the consumer to make them buy a Made in India product.' 'Patriotism and nationalism are good words, but in business, it won't work.'
Select metal stocks rebounded while power stocks extended losses after SC verdict on coal block allocations.
Nirmala Sitharaman has a God given opportunity to orchestrate a transformation in India's defence capabilities. One hopes she has her own counsel and does not overly let the PMO run her ship, says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
Scriptwriter of Baar Baar Dekho Sri Rao gets candid about his film and Bollywood.
IT companies account for a third of the entire dividend pot this year
Bandhan Bank is the first bank to be launched in eastern India post Independence.
'Big countries do not agree on every set of issues.' 'Look, one of the differences in the relationship is that when we do not agree, we are sitting down and talking to each other.'
From small retailers' experiences with e-wallets to digital transaction numbers post demonetisation, Geetanjali Krishna and Karan Choudhury find out where the truth lies.
